It is amazing what a difference a couple of photo-finish results can mean to the overall success of a stable.
And long-serving trainer Bruce Hutchison would be the first to agree, as several tight finishes went against him in the early part of the season.
However, a couple of wins in the past fortnight may have turned the tide and the general appearance of several members of his team suggests more are in store.
Word From Rome and Cash Fortune are consistent types, who have both raced without a lot of luck in recent starts.
But racing has brought them to a peak and the way they finished off their work yesterday morning indicated both should race well when next produced.
There was not a lot between the pair as they dashed the last quarter of a 1,200-metre gallop in 23.9 seconds and they should be kept on side.
Hutchison's Outstanding Lad has only had the three runs and was sent out a short-priced favourite last time out when finishing well down the track behind Markgraf.
